Letter: Special thanks for Blues Festival

The Atomic City Sportsmen’s Club (ACSC) wishes to thank all of you who helped make our Oct. 27, 2012, 4th annual “Coming Home Blues Festival” a great success.

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Oakridger - Oak Ridge, TN

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Posted Dec. 6, 2012 at 7:55 PM
Updated Dec 6, 2012 at 7:56 PM

Posted Dec. 6, 2012 at 7:55 PM
Updated Dec 6, 2012 at 7:56 PM

The Atomic City Sportsmen’s Club (ACSC) wishes to thank all of you who helped make our Oct. 27, 2012, 4th annual “Coming Home Blues Festival” a great success.

Those who didn’t attend missed enjoyable and varied musical performances. The performers — including Wendel Werner, Katy Free, the Natti Love Joys and the Charlie Morris Band — all turned in great performances, which were well received by a diverse audience.

Many thanks go to Jason Herrera, Tim Fisher and Martin Fisher of High Places Community Church for their assistance in preparation for the festival. High Places Community Church is to be especially commended for its work in restoring the Grove Theater and making it available for community use. It is a tremendous asset to our city and provides a much-needed venue for music concerts, stage plays and other events.

We would like to thank our local newspapers for their timely placements of the news articles about the Blues Festival, with special mention to The Oak Ridger for its outstanding coverage of our event.

Thanks also go to the other Blues Festival Committee members (Mike Slay, Bill Moore and Larry Gipson) who helped organize this event and other ACSC members who did a great job in putting on this event.

Special thanks to Tony Manley for his excellent DJ performance. We would also like to express our gratitude to Ruby Miller’s State Farm Insurance, East TN Family Services and The Ferrell Shop for helping with the ticket sales.

Finally, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to the people who came out to hear the music and enjoy the food. Without you, none of this would have been possible.

Proceeds from this event will be used to help fund our scholarship program and other civic activities. Donations can be sent to ACSC, P.O. Box 5591, Oak Ridge, TN 37831.